Course General Description

The PhD in Design emerged in Portugal within the Lisbon School of Architecture. The current doctoral study results from the adaptation of the old study to the Bologna process, and presents a wide range of curricular units, which allows students to structure the study in accordance to their own research interests. The study is organized in diverse lines of research of a transdisciplinary nature. Given its relationship with the research centre (CIAUD), these lines frame students, researchers and teachers in finances research projects, directed towards the necessities of the labour market and of contemporary society.

School General Description

Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) is the largest and most prestigious university in Portugal and is one of Europe’s leading universities. Heir to a university tradition that spans over seven centuries, ULisboa acquired its current status in July 2013, following the merger of the former Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and Universidade de Lisboa. ULisboa brings together various areas of knowledge and has a privileged position for facilitating the contemporary evolution of science, technology, arts and humanities. The quality of teaching, research, innovation and culture of ULisboa is attracting an ever increasing amount of talent from around the world.